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EFF's Logfinder

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the watching-the-watchers dept.

clonebarkins writes "EFF has just released a new software tool called "logfinder" to help server admins find (and delete) unnecessary log files on their boxen. "By finding unwanted log files, logfinder informs system administrators when their servers are collecting personal data and gives them the opportunity to turn logging off if it isn't gathering information necessary for administering the system.""

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  1. Can't subpeona what doesn't exist? by PornMaster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is the point of this that law enforcement can't subpoena records that don't exist?

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  2. Re:Thanks EFF! by innerweb · · Score: 5, Insightful
    As is always, that which helps to protect the innocent can be used to protect the *evil*. The problem is the innocent do not know what is being done, and the *evil* are studying and learning to use and abuse. Nothing new there.

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